What a terrible name. I’m as disappointed as you are. But not with the recipe. I was going for more of a bark recipes, but made it thick and into a candy that’s similar to fudge. But not exactly like fudge. I don’t know, maybe you’ll think it is. Either way, I dig it. And since Halloween was last night, I wanted some kind of chocolate. Obviously. So we made some gluten free pizzas by Against The Grain and I made these little chocolates to snack on while we watched Hocus Pocus and handed out candy. And I mean Laura handed out the candy. Halloween really isn’t my thing, nor are kids. So I stayed away from the door. But Laura is all into holidays, she decorates for every holiday. Including Halloween. There are fake spider webs everywhere right now. Do you know how annoying that sh*t is? More annoying than the sparkles that come off holiday decorations. The worst. It catches on everything, like real spider webs. But I support her because she’s real great, but I know that I will find it EVERYWHERE for at least a month. Again, the worst.
So if you’ve read my blog before, you know I’m not really into kids. They are just not my thing. Especially on Halloween. Mostly because most of the kids don’t say thank you when we stuff candy down their throat. That’s just impolite. The polite ones are awesome, but you just don’t know what you’re going to get when you open that front door. Anywho, when I was in California, I went to a trampoline gym a couple times. And every time I was about to jump backwards, a child would somehow be underneath me with frightened eyes. And as soon as I thought it would be a good time to jump, the child would try to commit suicide underneath my large feet. They are just always there at the wrong time. Sorry parents, it’s just the truth. I’m sure your children are great.
Did you know a woman handed out letters to obese children to give to their parents warning them about obesity? That’s intense. Sure to strike up some debate.
Being back in Colorado has been absolutely wonderful. Colorado is seriously the greatest place to live. It’s sunny, it’s friendly, and it’s home. I swear, the most friendly people live in Colorado. It’s weird going to other places where people don’t make eye contact or smile back at you. I don’t get that. Maybe I just saw the wrong people. Unlikely, but maybe. Either way, I missed Colorado. But sadly, I have to leave AGAIN tomorrow for 2 weeks. That’s cray cray. I’ve never been out of town for that long. But George from Civilized Caveman and I have to turn in our manuscript for The Paleo Kitchen before January 1st, so it’s crunch time. Finishing up recipes, doing an EFF ton of dishes, and writing all about paleo is what we will be doing for 2 weeks straight. I swear, after this cookbook is done, I will be trying every restaurant in Denver. I LOVE cooking, but doing the dishes for a greater part of my day just puts me in a bad mood.
Last night, I ate two peanut butter cups. Kirkland brand. I felt like ugly dog balls after. Worth it? Not sure. Probably not since it wasn’t even the real kind. Damnit Juli, no self control.
Chocolate Pumpkin Sunbutter Treats
- Yield: 8-12 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (or dark chocolate brand of choice)
- 1/3 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup sunflower seed butter (or other seed or nut butter)
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup raw honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon powdered ginger
- pinch of salt, to top
Instructions
- Melt chocolate chips and coconut milk in microwave or in a double boiler until smooth.
- Line an 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper (for easy clean up and removal). Pour chocolate into the dish and smooth out.
- In a bowl, mix together sunbutter, pumpkin, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger until smooth.
- Spoon sunbutter mixture on top of chocolate and use a knife to spread throughout the chocolate mixture. Just keep making pretty designs in it until it is well mixed. Top with a pinch of salt.
- Place in freezer and let freeze for 4+ hours. Use a large knife to cut into small pieces. Serve immediately. Store in freezer.
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canned pumpkin OK for this? Looks incredible.
Yes! That’s what I used
No word of a lie, these look effing amazing. Why must you create so many amazing desserts?:-)
Perfectly timed chocolate recipe here… last night I (like an idiot) bought this chocolate-chocolate-chip pre-made cookie dough at the store (hey, it was gluten-free, so that makes it all better right?! NO) and made them, & then proceeded to try to eat half of them… probably ate about 4 of those damn things total. Were they good? YES. Were they worth it? Hell no. Dammit. Anyway, your recipe looks wayyy better, so next time (about a month from now, plus-or-minus) I need chocolate, this is happening.
I’m really sorry for my potty mouth today… that’s what sugar does to me. I’m basically in kill-all-the-things mode now.
Haha, I am legit loling at the kids trampoline story- it’s the same with me… whenever I hold babies they cry.
I feel the same way about my home (Minneapolis) I now live in D.C. and people honk horns for fun and so many middle fingers!! I like the ppl in CO too,
Almond milk instead of coconut milk ok?? Sounds soo good!
Yeah that should still work
Maybe you’ve answered this somewhere else already, but, I often get confused as to whether recipes mean coconut milk (as in, the thick fatty kind in the can) or coconut milk drink (like almond or rice milk). If it calls for ‘milk’ i always use the canned kind but sometimes I’m not sure if thats right… does it matter? what do you refer to when you call for it?
Use canned for the recipe
So I don’t have sunbutter (have to google to even find out what THAT is), but I’m going to try this with almond butter.
That will work!
I wrote a curse-word filled rant about how much chocolate I ate yesterday and how I feel about that today, and the internet has stolen it. It’s probably for the better though…
Also, this looks amazing!!
You know how you feel about kids…. That’s how I feel about dogs and no one gets it. They scare me! And people always say oh no my dogs (kids) are great. I bet you are judging me now for not liking dogs….. ;). You haven’t talked about new girl this season and it has been amazing! Schmidt is the man!
No I totally get the dog thing. I don’t usually like other people’s dogs
What kind of coconut milk did you use? Can or carton?
Canned
Great! Just bought some at Trader Joe’s last night, can’t wait to make this!
Ok, first, let me hug you as I, too, am not a kid lover and receive a looooooot of flack for it. Seriously, you have no idea the comments people make to a happily married couple who don’t want kids.
Second, this recipe looks fabulous and it’s helpful to know that people who are rocking their diet still are human and want dessert from time to time. (Or, if you’re like me, all the time.) haha